HMS Fearless (L10)
HMS Fearless off North Carolina, 9 May 1996 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fearless |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 25 July 1962 |
| Launched | 19 December 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Hull, wife of Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull |
| Commissioned | 25 November 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 18 March 2002 |
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| Fate | Scrapped Ghent harbour (BE) 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fearless-class landing platform dock |
| Displacement | 12,120 tons (full load) |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × English Electric 2 shaft geared steam turbines. 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) total |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Complement | 580 |
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| Aircraft carried | Landing platform for up to 5 Sea King helicopters. |
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HMS Fearless (L10) was a Royal Navy amphibious assault ship that served from 1965 until 2002. One of two Fearless-class landing platform docks, she was based in HMNB Portsmouth and saw service around the world over her 37-year life. She was the last steam-powered surface ship in the Royal Navy.